Category: Sixth Form

The Cry of the Earth

17th May 2016

A Prayer from CAFOD  In the spirit of Pope Francis’ encyclical ‘Laudato Si’, ‘On Care for our Common Home’ and Walking to School Week at St Augustine’s Priory we produce the following prayer, composed by Fr Michael Fitzsimons for CAFOD. This prayer has been put up in the school and is a useful reminder of…

Laudato si’, mi’ Signore: ‘Praise be to you, my Lord’

12th May 2016

On Care for our Common Home As we near the end of the Easter Season in this Year of Mercy, St Augustine’s Priory has been inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical ‘Laudato Si’’, published in June last year which urges us all to care for our planet and all that it contains. At St Augustine’s Priory…

Meeting Members of Staff…

12th May 2016

Mr M Bonnell, Teacher of Physics. We are looking forward to welcoming in September a new teacher of Physics.  Mr Matthew Bonnell has written, telling us about his love of all things Physics… ‘Physics is the most fundamental of the sciences and actually answers the questions that govern the universe. I love to know how…

Revision suggestions

11th May 2016

From the Counsellor’s Chair Mrs Good, our School Counsellor and Play Therapist has prepared some useful advice and suggestions for those who are coming up to their public examinations. ‘Revision for public examinations is underway.  This can be a taxing time, more so with thoughts of what is at stake as examination days draw close. …

Meeting Members of Staff…

6th May 2016

Mrs K Cotton, Deputy Head Seniors We are pleased to welcome Mrs Cotton who has joined us at St Augustine’s Priory this Summer Term as Deputy Head, Seniors while Mrs Collins is on maternity leave and look forward to her being with us until April 2017.  Mrs Cotton joins us from St Catherine’s School in…

The Transit of Mercury

6th May 2016

Safe Planetary Viewing with the Physics Dept. Miss Hayden, fierce advocate of astronomy, informs us of an exciting event this coming Monday. ‘On Monday 9th May 2016, the transit of Mercury will be taking place. This is when Mercury passes in front of the Sun and may be observed as a black disk crossing the…

Visit by Ealing MP

6th May 2016

“You can do it” This was the way in which Dr Rupa Huq MP, Ealing Central and Acton, left an attentive audience of St Augustine’s Priory pupils on Friday 29th April, following an encouraging speech about modern democracy and life as a Member of Parliament. Dr Huq encouraged our girls not only to ensure they…

Sixth Form student takes centre stage

6th May 2016

Aoife-Jane Moss joins the National Youth Theatre Fifty or so years ago the now Dame Helen Mirren is likely to have experienced that which we all have at one time or another (usually the first day at a new school) – butterflies in her tummy. Why? Well alongside the probable nerves of new academic challenges…

Music News

5th May 2016

From the Director of Music Four weeks into term and it is wonderful to hear the sound of rehearsals underway at lunchtimes, before and after school. A number of ensembles have chosen to mark this year’s Shakespeare anniversary in creative ways. The Senior Orchestra has started rehearsing the Dance of the Clowns from Mendelssohn’s music…

Youth Mayor of Ealing raises funds for charity

5th May 2016

The Little Princess Trust During her year in office, Pervin Kaur, Upper VI student at St Augustine’s Priory and Youth Mayor of Ealing, is working hard on several issues including fundraising for The Little Princess Trust, a charity which provides real hair wigs to children across the UK and Ireland who have lost their own…

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